jpdb beta

collar; color; colour; hair colouring (coloring); calla (variety of arum lily)

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is it?; isn't it?; be; is

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publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

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denouement; ending; conclusion; (grand) finale

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reader

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publication

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pleased to meet you; how do you do; my regards (to someone); my greetings; best wishes

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concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet

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long telephone conversation; being on the phone for a long time

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prayer; supplication

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perusal; one reading

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creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

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lively motion; throb

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character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

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to draw for a specific purpose; to draw for the occasion

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to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly

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horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise

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rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft

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memories; recollections; reminiscence

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revising (e.g. manuscript); rewriting; revised manuscript

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big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)

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stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule

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first draft; first proof

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brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark

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having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

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whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod

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answer

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(an) if (e.g. in history)

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to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical

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tenacity; endurance

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incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling

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normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type

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shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

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inside story; the real story (behind something); story not generally known

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established practice; custom

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quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly

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both; both sides; both parties

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last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

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irreplaceable

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(one's) life

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placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)

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spectator; sightseer; onlooker

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ominous; ill-omened; inauspicious; unlucky; sinister

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to tear off

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strongly; violently; with all one's strength

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to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver

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to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

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to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms

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balcony

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semicircle

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